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Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> writes:

> martin f krafft, Sat, Jul 14, 2007 14:37:54 +0200:
>> also sprach Nikodemus Siivola <nikodemus@random-state.net> [2007.07.14.1409 +0200]:
>> > What is the recommended way to restore individual files
>> > (or directories) in the working tree to the content they
>> > had in a given commit?
>> 
>> As per my comment on IRC, I think
>> 
>>   git checkout <tree-ish> <path>
>> 
>> is the way.
>
> It does not work for directories, though.

Are you sure about that?  I just did this in my git.git workspace:

	$ mv Documentation Documentation-
        $ git checkout HEAD Documentation/
        $ diff -r Documentation- Documentation